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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Jan;73(1):39–47. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2132

Table 1.

Prevalence of 12-Month and Lifetime DSM-5 Drug Use Disorder by Sociodemographic Characteristics

Characteristics Drug Use Disorder, % (SE)
12-mo Lifetime
Any
(n = 1487)
Mild
(n = 722)
Moderate to Severe
(n = 765)
Any
(n = 3548)
Mild
(n = 1192)
Moderate to Severe
(n = 2356)
Total 3.9 (0.13) 1.9 (0.08) 2.0 (0.10)   9.9 (0.27) 3.4 (0.13)   6.6 (0.21)
Sex
 Male 4.9 (0.22) 2.3 (0.13) 2.5 (0.17) 12.3 (0.39) 4.3 (0.18)   8.1 (0.31)
 Female 3.0 (0.16) 1.5 (0.11) 1.5 (0.11)   7.7 (0.28) 2.5 (0.15)   5.2 (0.23)
Race/ethnicity
 White 3.7 (0.16) 1.8 (0.10) 1.8 (0.12) 10.8 (0.36) 3.7 (0.17)   7.1 (0.30)
 Black 5.9 (0.45) 2.9 (0.24) 3.0 (0.32)   9.9 (0.57) 3.5 (0.27)   6.4 (0.46)
 Native American 6.9 (1.53) 3.3 (1.31) 3.7 (1.01) 17.2 (2.14) 4.6 (1.28) 12.6 (1.78)
 Asian/Pacific Islander 1.4 (0.30) 0.5 (0.22) 1.0 (0.27)   4.0 (0.66) 1.3 (0.40)   2.7 (0.46)
 Hispanic 3.9 (0.26) 1.7 (0.20) 2.2 (0.22)   7.2 (0.50) 2.3 (0.23)   5.0 (0.39)
Age, y
 18–29 8.3 (0.44) 3.9 (0.28) 4.4 (0.30) 14.2 (0.61) 4.8 (0.32)   9.4 (0.46)
 30–44 4.2 (0.25) 2.0 (0.16) 2.2 (0.20) 12.0 (0.45) 3.7 (0.22)   8.3 (0.37)
 45–64 2.5 (0.16) 1.2 (0.10) 1.3 (0.12)   9.7 (0.39) 3.3 (0.22)   6.3 (0.30)
 ≥65 0.8 (0.14) 0.5 (0.11) 0.3 (0.08)   2.0 (0.25) 1.1 (0.18)   0.9 (0.14)
Marital status
 Married/cohabiting 2.2 (0.12) 1.2 (0.08) 1.1 (0.10)   8.0 (0.27) 2.8 (0.17)   5.2 (0.23)
 Widowed/separated/divorced 3.8 (0.29) 1.8 (0.20) 2.0 (0.20) 10.3 (0.46) 3.3 (0.26)   7.0 (0.37)
 Never married 8.3 (0.42) 3.8 (0.26) 4.5 (0.27) 14.5 (0.51) 4.8 (0.26)   9.7 (0.42)
Education
 <High school 5.0 (0.35) 2.2 (0.23) 2.8 (0.30) 10.2 (0.60) 2.9 (0.25)   7.3 (0.51)
 High school 4.6 (0.27) 2.2 (0.18) 2.5 (0.22) 11.6 (0.45) 3.9 (0.23)   7.8 (0.38)
 Some college or higher 3.3 (0.17) 1.7 (0.11) 1.7 (0.11)   9.1 (0.27) 3.2 (0.17)   5.9 (0.21)
Family income, $
 0–19 999 7.2 (0.36) 3.1 (0.22) 4.1 (0.28) 13.5 (0.57) 3.9 (0.24)   9.5 (0.50)
 20 000–34 999 4.2 (0.28) 2.2 (0.20) 2.0 (0.18) 10.5 (0.45) 3.6 (0.24)   6.9 (0.35)
 35 000–69 999 3.2 (0.20) 1.6 (0.15) 1.6 (0.17)   9.6 (0.33) 3.5 (0.24)   6.1 (0.29)
 ≥70 000 1.9 (0.17) 1.0 (0.12) 0.9 (0.12)   7.2 (0.34) 2.7 (0.21)   4.6 (0.29)
Urbanicity
 Urban 4.1 (0.15) 2.0 (0.10) 2.1 (0.11) 10.1 (0.27) 3.4 (0.14)   6.7 (0.21)
 Rural 3.0 (0.26) 1.5 (0.18) 1.6 (0.20)   9.3 (0.60) 3.1 (0.32)   6.2 (0.55)
Region
 Northeast 3.9 (0.26) 1.8 (0.20) 2.2 (0.19) 10.8 (0.48) 3.6 (0.41)   7.2 (0.33)
 Midwest 3.6 (0.28) 1.7 (0.18) 2.0 (0.21) 10.0 (0.51) 3.3 (0.25)   6.8 (0.46)
 South 3.6 (0.24) 1.8 (0.12) 1.8 (0.18)   8.4 (0.53) 3.0 (0.22)   5.4 (0.42)
 West 4.6 (0.28) 2.3 (0.20) 2.2 (0.26) 11.5 (0.42) 3.9 (0.23)   7.6 (0.32)